Saddened and Shaken Joyce Banda – ‘My Concern Is for All Those Who Come After Me’

[Nyasa Times] When considering obstacles to the consolidation of democracy in Africa, we tend to focus on the obvious – the legacy leaders who refuse to relinquish power, some holding on for 20 or 30 years. We look at politically orchestrated violence,…

[Nyasa Times] When considering obstacles to the consolidation of democracy in Africa, we tend to focus on the obvious - the legacy leaders who refuse to relinquish power, some holding on for 20 or 30 years. We look at politically orchestrated violence, the buying of votes, state manipulation of the electoral machinery, and the weakness of democratic institutions.